Switzerland participates in the work of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Press release

The Federal Council "Switzerland is playing an active role at the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), which takes place in Vienna from 12 to 16 March. Switzerland was re-elected to the commission on 1 January 2018 for another four-year term. The CND is the UN's central body for drug policy.

The Commission sets out recommendations on drug policy for UN member states, steers the programs of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and decides about the control and classification for narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors."

HIV in sub-Sahara Africa: Testing and Treatment Start at Home Improves Therapy Outcome

Swiss TPH Home-based HIV testing and prompt treatment with antiretroviral therapy increases the number of patients under treatment as well as treatment success. This is the key result of a clinical trial in Lesotho carried out by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, in collaboration with SolidarMed and the Government of Lesotho.

Towards a more balanced rethinking of performance-based financing

British Medical Journal - Global Health Blog "In a recently published paper in BMJ Global Health, a group of authors (Paul et al) challenged overly optimistic views on performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector, and its implementation in low- and middle-income countries. While some of the issues they raised are legitimate, the paper paints an overall picture of PBF that does little justice to the reality. (By Maarten Oranje, Cordaid)

At Cordaid, a PBF-implementing NGO mentioned in the paper, we strongly believe in rethinking our way of working to make sure the needs of the most marginalized in this world are being met." (Photo: Mothers Wait with Children to Receive Polio Vaccination/United Nations Photo/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)